Hackett Classics: Mengzi : With Selections from Traditional Commentaries (Hardcover)

from EricKibler

Veeeery short.He just echoes Confucius's sparse sayings.

from xuebi

The Mencius is the seminal, canonical Confucian work in which Mencius (Mengzi 孟子) expounds on what Confucius said in the Analects, outlining the principles of the innate goodness of human nature, good Confucian government, and the importance of education and destiny. The Mencius was subsequently ...

from datrappert

A worthwhile read for those interested in Chinese philosophy, but read Confucius first, preferably in more than one translation. Mencius is easy enough to read in Lau's translation, despite a few ambiguities here and there, and he pretty much reinforces, sometimes with explanation, Confucius's te...

from antiquary

Mencius, to me, seems to really care more about the good of the common people than Confucius, whose primary concern seems to be ritual correctness.